CT Evaluation of Mesenteric Panniculitis
Prevalence and Associated Diseases
M. Daskalogiannaki1,
A. Voloudaki1,
P. Prassopoulos1,
E. Magkanas1,
K. Stefanaki2,
E. Apostolaki1 and
N. Gourtsoyiannis1
1
Department of Radiology, University Hospital of Heraklion, 711 10 Stavrakia
Heraklion, Crete, Greece.
2
Department of Pathology, University Hospital of Heraklion, Crete,
Greece.

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Fig. 1. 74-year-old woman with primary nasal melanoma without any other
sites of involvement. Contrast-enhanced CT scan shows mesenteric panniculitis
as well-circumscribed, inhomogeneous fatty mass (arrows) displaying
higher attenuation than normal retroperitoneal fat. Mass extends from
mesenteric root toward left abdomen and surrounds mesenteric vessels.
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Fig. 2. 66-year-old man with liver echinococcus. Contrast-enhanced CT scan
shows mesenteric panniculitis directed to right of midline, accompanying
right-sided proximal jejunum. Note smooth displacement in adjacent opacified
intestinal loop (arrow).
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Fig. 3. 65-year-old woman with carcinoma of rectum. Contrast-enhanced CT
scan shows hyperdense stripe (arrows) delineating anterior surface of
mesenteric panniculitis. Note anterior depression (arrowhead) giving
process lobulated configuration.
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Fig. 4. 50-year-old man who presented with low-grade fever.
Contrast-enhanced CT scan shows small, circumscribed, soft-tissue nodules
(arrows) scattered within well-encapsulated fatty mass of mesenteric
panniculitis.
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Fig. 5. 58-year-old man with lung carcinoma. Contrast-enhanced CT scan shows
mesenteric panniculitis as scattered, discrete nodules of soft-tissue density,
engulfed by hypodense fatty halo (arrows).
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Fig. 6A. 67-year-old woman with abdominal pain. Contrast-enhanced CT scan
shows mesenteric vessels enveloped by mesenteric panniculitis and surrounded
by hypodense fatty halo (arrows).
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Fig. 7. 67-year-old woman with systemic lupus erythematosus.
Contrast-enhanced CT scan shows mesenteric vessels surrounded by mesenteric
panniculitis. Despite crowding, no distortion is seen.
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Fig. 6B. 67-year-old woman with abdominal pain. Microscopic section shows
infiltration of fatty tissue by abundant lipid-laden macrophages and presence
of fibrous septa. (H and E, x200)
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Fig. 6C. 67-year-old woman with abdominal pain. Microscopic section reveals
focal aggregate of small lymphocytes (arrow). (H and E,
x200)
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